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Prepaid expenses | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
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12. | Prepaid expenses
|  | 2017 |  |  | 2016 |
Prepaid taxes |  | $ | 38,672 |  |  | $ | 39,153 |
Prepaid commissions |  |  | 5,297 |  |  |  | 4,649 |
Prepaid rent |  |  | 7,479 |  |  |  | 6,707 |
Prepaid insurance |  |  | 207 |  |  |  | 772 |
Prepaid other |  |  | 19,896 |  |  |  | 33,524 |
|  | $ | 71,551 |  |  | $ | 84,805 |
Current |  |  | 45,421 |  |  |  | 58,407 |
Non-current |  |  | 26,130 |  |  |  | 26,398 |
|  | $ | 71,551 |  |  | $ | 84,805 |
Prepaid taxes include $12.5 million of tax advance of VAT and withholdings taxes (2016: $12.7 million). The non-current portion of prepaid expenses corresponds to $12.9 million (2016: $14.8 million) of advance payments of taxes which are credited to future payments from tax dividends in Panama and $13.2 million in tax credits (2016: $11.5 million). “Prepaid other” mainly includes operating expenses related to management of fuel and maintenance services. As of December 31, 2017, “Prepaid other” includes $4.0 million (2016: $20.0 million) paid in advance to GE Engines Services, LLC, for the purpose of future maintenance services related to aircraft engines.

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